"But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly……" — Tara Brach

"But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime."

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74 Quotes by Tara Brach

Tara Brach has 74 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
As long as we are alive, we feel fear. It is an intrinsic part of our makeup, as natural as…
When we're awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we…
Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in…
The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe…
On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
Nothing is wrong—whatever is happening is just “real life.
What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?
Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going…
There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha.

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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